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. 2015 Mar 11;350:h949. doi: 10.1136/bmj.h949

Table 3.

 Type of harm expected from potentially serious drug-drug interaction for each index condition

Index condition Cardiovascular* Bleeding Renal/potassium Central nervous system Other† Total
Type 2 diabetes
First line recommended drug 3 3 2 0 12 20
Second line recommended drug 54 11 18 1 29 113
Depression
First line recommended drug 1 9 0 7 2 19
Second line recommended drug 10 13 0 27 20 70
Heart failure
First line recommended drug 15 0 4 0 2 21
Second line recommended drug 17 34 17 0 22 90

*Includes effects on heart rate or rhythm or effects on blood pressure.

†Includes myopathy with statin treatment, or clinically relevant altered plasma concentration (for example, of digoxin, lithium, ciclosporin, or theophylline), which might require dose alteration or closer monitoring.